<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The primary objective of this paper is to approach the use of the 3D Geographic Information Systems (3D GIS), as an instrumental tool that allows us to deal efficiently with the extensive amount of information that characterises a large part of the research carried out in the field of Urbanism and Regional Planning. Specifically, the study focuses on medium-sized cities in Andalusia, the most populous and the second largest region in Spain. The Andalusian urban system is substantially characterised by the historical importance of this type of cities within its territorial organisation, which dates back to more than two thousand years, and whose potential as sustainable and balanced stands out. In particular, it is intended to address features related to urban characterisation as medium-sized cities that have been declared as heritage sites, as well as, the integration of the cultural heritage into urban development planning as an active strategy by the cultural administration of the regional and local governments. In detail, this paper will analyse data relating to the development experienced, their characterisation through urban indicators or the evolution and traceability of their protection. In this sense, the use of 3D GIS will not only allow the efficient recording and the graphical representation of a significant amount of data resulting from the quantitative and qualitative analysis carried out but also model them using the third dimension to facilitate a cross analysis among the cities under study. Definitely, the aim is to demonstrate the suitability use of this technology in this type of scientific research.</p>

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El espacio público ha sido tradicionalmente refugio civil en periodos de convulsión social. Siendo el motor y filtro que equilibra las relaciones sociales entre ciudadanos, es ocupado, discutido, reclamado y transgredido. La globalización de las redes sociales ha impulsado el desplazamiento de las demandas sociales hacia el mundo virtual. Sin embargo, la plaza sigue constituyendo, en la mayoría de las expresiones reivindicativas, el símbolo físico en el que se encuentra y reconoce la colectividad. El presente artículo pretende determinar, a través de una metodología gráfica extrapolable, qué parámetros urbanos y sociopolíticos marcan la capacidad de un espacio para acoger manifestaciones o revueltas. Estas coreografías sociales representan, ante todo, un acto de transformación y apropiación de la ciudad, reafirmando la figura del ágora como lexema atemporal. Recorriendo tres casos de estudio del arco iberoamericano –en contextos de dictadura, estabilidad y crisis– se observan singularidades diferenciales y ritos comunes inherentes al comportamiento humano.

Proyecto de Realidad Aumentada geolocalizada para profundizar en la enseñanza de contenidos relativos a la protección patrimonial frente a la contaminación visual y perceptiva. Esta app invita a redescubrir el sistema de puertas de la ciudad de Sevilla a través de un recorrido que parte de la Puerta de Jerez y finaliza en la cercana y extinta Puerta Nueva, pasando por los barrios del Arenal, los Humeros, la Macarena o la Ronda Histórica. Además del acercamiento patrimonial, la ruta propuesta es una herramienta saludable que fomenta la actividad física, incluyendo, además de datos históricos, arquitectónicos y urbanos, unos indicadores saludables que van siendo superados con la llegada a cada puerta.

This paper aims to recognise the possibilities that Spanish architecture students currently have for the acquisition of professional competencies collaborating as interns in an architecture office.Since the approval in 2007 of the Royal Decree which establishes the new structure of the official university diplomas within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), bachelor studies have progressively adapted to a new system based on a competence perspective, as a way to guarantee the learning of skills and abilities for the development of the future professional activity. The increase in the degree of employability of graduates should be a priority objective of the degrees. Thus, it is necessary to analyse the mechanisms that the different Spanish Schools of Architecture are currently developing to achieve this goal.In Architecture, compared to other professions regulated by the Government, professional internships are optional, whereas in others as is compulsory. However, in other European countries such as France or the Netherlands, they are compulsory -in some cases, only if graduates want to exercise professional architectural on their own-. Many authors emphasise on the practical experience as one of the main tools to guarantee the success of graduates in their job search. The level of unemployment among recent graduates in Spain is at a 30%, three times higher than the European average, according to the latest CYD Foundation report. Undoubtedly, internships represent an opportunity to generate professional synergies, in which students can acquire complementary skills to face their future work with higher guarantees.The research will start analysing the architectural internship programmes trajectory in Architecture after the adjustment of the Bachelor of Architecture to the Bologna Process. The first stage for this connection with the profession may appear from the teaching methodologies used. Traditionally, in Architecture, they have been based on problem-based learning approaches since students are required to make decisions, evaluate actions, and make judgments for architectural and urban designs. The link of architecture students with professional firms during their university education has also been a common practice. These internships have been linked to local companies and, more recently, to international internship programmes such as Erasmus or Faro. The trajectory of Arquia Foundation is highlighted, although its scope is quite low. Since 1999, this organisation has annually awarded around 15 and 20 internships for students and young architects. However, many of them were not included in the pre-Bologna curriculums.The conclusions of this retrospective analysis will be confronted with the professional competencies currently required for architects, through the revision of the present regulatory framework. We will consider the European guidelines and the specific competence content included in the White Paper on Architectural Education. In this sense, the revision of the curricula of different Spanish ...